#Thank you friends for helping

[yzeltia]

I'm sorry if this is random but I need advice from a fellow WOL. I am a FC leader and I've come to the decision that I need to remove inactive members from both my discord and FC. I posted a message today in my FC discord.

We've been an FC since 2021.

I want more active members and I noticed the number of inactive makes new members turn away. I also take into account jobs, rl, et. Does this seem fair? I work at a hospital myself so my hours are iffy but I do try and make times and plan events with my FC, I just want more members to actually do it with instead of like maybe 3 or 4 :/

Hello Anon!

Let me preface this by saying I’m not the leader of my FC. I’m a just a simple adventurer among them and if it seems that way because I write about them a lot, it is only because I love them and their characters and they give me nothing but enrichment to do so. So then, with that said, let’s unpack this ask.

On Removing Inactive Members:

So, a little anecdote. About when I finished ARR, I left the FC that had pulled me in as I only interacted with a couple of people and they wanted to branch out onto their own thing. I offered to found the FC, and so we made it out on our own. Just a tight knit group of not even ten people. We get to Stormblood and suddenly we’re all very busy with our lives. Somewhere in Heavensward I passed over control to the person that was the most responsible of us as I couldn’t afford to play for stretches of time. With that, and us getting busy, and a handful of us mingling in real life the leader felt left out and booted us all. Everything kinda fell apart afterward, pre-discord era (for me). Needless to say there was a bunch of hurt feelings and confusion for those not around or logging in to find themselves dumped. Ultimately, unless there's a behavioral issue or they've quit the game entirely or the FC is disbanding I wouldn't assume to kick people as you don't know what they've got going on and they might miss their friends.

On The Rest:

I cannot really speak to the whole inactive vs. active appeal. Ultimately, I do not think it should matter. Quality of a company is always going to be better than quantity. I was reminded by @driftward that we have a fair amount of incentives. Then there's those of us with several alts! You might delete someone by accident. @autumnslance pointed out that an exception to this might be if you've established in your rules activity as a requirement and specified that you will kick after a certain period of time. 

They also added: “Is someone actually, actively saying that having inactives on the FC roster is hurting recruitment, or is this an assumption based off anecdotal data? If someone is saying that directly...are they really someone you want in a FC of friends? If they're going to determine "inactive" due to whatever reason as a reason to boot someone out without warning?

“[Y]ou get people by doing things and showing people you're a fun and easy to get along with group with similarly aligned goals and personality types. The rest are details.”

That said, you cannot limit yourself to your FC or you're more than likely going to be disappointed. Even in a big FC, people's interests and goals won't always align and needless to say scheduling can get rough. That's why we've been given tools to ensure that we’re able to be social across the game. Use Party Finder when you’re running content with your current core group and then pick up people that you guys get along well with. Create a Crossword Linkshell and add them to it. Our community is vast and there's discord dedicated to all sorts of content in the game to help with Fates, Hunts, Bozja, Eureka, etc etc. @eorziapple suggested if your ultimate goal really is to find a more active environment, maybe it’s best to forgo leadership in favor of joining a more active FC

TLDR: Quality of friends is most important. Don't make assumptions. Use the social tools available to us.

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[sweetieviktor]

jealous! viktor x reader (headcanons + tiny scenarios)

summary: viktor sees you talking with a friend and get jealous.

content warning: idk if it counts as a cw but jealousy?? also, i made with s1 viktor in mind!

author notes: heyyy, so sorry this one is little, im still trying to find motivation after the end of the series but i think it turned out cute! thank u for the request and hope u like it!! :)

» it was a common sight to see you walking up and down piltover’s academy, working or just chilling on lunch breaks, but every time viktor would approach you, you were already with someone. sometimes an unknown person, other times with a friend, laughing and joking, touching them in such a sweet way, side by side in the aisles.

» he looked at you both, blood boiling and shaky hands. if you looked at him, it was possible to see his lips forming a thin line, brows furrowing, his left eye almost twitching. oh, he was jealous.

» he felt angry at himself to feel like this, he didn't mean to be jealous at all, but he wanted to steal you away, just for a second, and be the one by your side, be the one you smiled to, the one you’ve been touching so sweetly.

» he wanted to reach for you, to interrupt your silly conversation about whatever you two have been talking about, he wanted to share his new discoveries with you, he wanted to be in their place so bad.

» but he couldn't complain, not when you waved a goodbye at your friend, and turned your body, recognizing viktor, eyes lighting up immediately, smiling from ear to ear.

“viktor!”, you shouted, voice echoing in the aisle while you walked to him, “i’ve been looking for you all day. you wouldn't believe what happened!”

he looked at you, expression softening, eyes shining, mimicking yours, his thin lips now turning into a little smile, “yeah? tell me."

» soon all the jealousy melted away, now, he is the one walking by your side.